Mental Health Substance Use Nurses deliver counselling, crisis intervention, and nursing care for clients with concurrent disorders. Fraser Health supports community-based services.
As a Registered Nurse or Registered Psychiatric Nurse, you will provide flexible, inclusionary treatment and care management. Responsibilities include mental health and substance use assessments, individualized care plans, medication administration, withdrawal monitoring, and referrals. Care emphasizes culturally protected, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented practice and continuity across services.
Key Responsibilities: Assess mental state, substance use, treatment response, and withdrawal symptoms
Develop and adjust individualized treatment and service plans
Provide outreach nursing in homes, primary care, and alternative settings




Assist clients with appointments, transportation, forms, and community services
Participate in case conferences and interprofessional care coordination
Requirements: Approved nursing or psychiatric nursing education
Two years’ recent related treatment-services experience or equivalent preparation
Current practicing BCCNM registration
Counselling, group facilitation, and effective communication skills
Ability to organize work and collaborate with care teams
Use nursing assessment, substance use knowledge, and therapeutic engagement to support coordinated community mental health care.

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📌 Mental Health Substance Use Nurse (British Columbia)
🏢 Fraser Health Authority
📍 British Columbia